Year-End Lists

Robert Christgau: Dean's List 2023

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1. Guts
   Olivia Rodrigo
2. Super Dope
   Buck 65
3. If My Wife New I'd Be Dead
   CMAT
4. Workin' on a World
   Iris DeMent
5. Savoy
   Taj Mahal
6. the record
   boygenius
7. serious person (part 1)
   corook
8. Zach Bryan
   Zach Bryan
9. Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent
   Lewis Capaldi
10. The Candle And The Flame
    Robert Forster
11. I Play My Bass Loud
    Gina Birch
12. Rustin' In The Rain
    Tyler Childers
13. Some Kinda Love: Performing the Music of the Velvet Underground
    The Feelies
14. Rockstar
    Dolly Parton
15. Several Songs About Fire
    A. Savage
16. The Devil I Know
    Ashley McBryde
17. Bring The Kids
    Hamell On Trial
18. Music Inferno: The Indestructible Beat Tour 1988-89
    Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens
19. 10,000 gecs
    100 gecs
20. How to Love
    Withered Hand
21. Overground
    Tyvek
22. Rat Saw God
    Wednesday
23. Rabbit Rabbit
    Speedy Ortiz
24. I Love You
    Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
25. Loving You
    Amanda Shires & Bobbie Nelson
26. Lucky
    Megan Moroney
27. Viable
    The Human Hearts
28. Blue Rev
    Alvvays
29. 1988
    Lori McKenna
30. Pet Rent
    Jinx lennon
31. Scaring the Hoes
    JPEGMafia and Danny Brown
32. Grand Salami TIme!
    The Baseball Project
33. best of corook (so far)
    corook
34. Real Life Human Garbage
    Girl Scout
35. Everyone's Crushed
    Water From Your Eyes
36. Quaranta
    Danny Brown
37. Balka Sound
    Balka Sound
38. Stories from a Rock n Roll Heart
    Lucinda Williams
39. Punk Rock B-Boy
    Buck 65
40. The Crosswinds of Kansas
    Bill Scorzari
41. East African Hits On The Colombian Coast
    Piconema
42. Seriana Promethea
    David Murray, Brad Jones, & Hamid Drake
43. The Chicago Sessions
    Rodney Crowell
44. Action Adventure
    DJ Shadow
45. Maps
    Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
46. Origin Story: 1994-1999
    The Moldy Peaches
47. Like..?
    Ice Spice
48. Back Home
    Big Joanie
49. Psychopath
    Morgan Wade
50. Sunrise Bang Ur Head Against Tha Wall
    Nia Archives
51. I Don't Know A Thing About Love
    Willie Nelson
52. America: The Rough Cut
    Allen Lowe and the Constant Sorrow Orchestra
53. Being
    Baaba Maal
54. Sahel
    Bombino
55. Brandy Clark
    Brandy Clark
56. Crazymad, for Me
    CMAT
57. Come Get Your Wife
    Elle King
58. Asides & B-Sides (2014-2018)
    Jeffrey Lewis
59. L'Orchestre National Mauritanien
    Ahl Nana
60. Antologia Vol. 1
    África Negra
61. Shook
    Algiers
62. The Age of Pleasure
    Janelle Monáe
63. Fountain Baby
    Amaarae
64. Breaking the Balls of History
    Quasi
65. Nwanne Bu Ife
    Azuka Moweta and His Anioma Brothers Band of Africa
66. Religiously. The Album.
    Bailey Zimmerman
67. Spunky!
    Grrrl Gang
68. Tracey Denim
    Bar Italia
69. Pink Friday 2
    Nicki Minaj
70. Chai
    Chai
71. Caveman
    Gurf Morlix
72. Tha Fix Before Tha VI
    Lil Wayne
73. Happy Hearts
    Jad Fair and Samuel Locke Ward
74. Nymph
    Shygirl
75. Vision Board
    Lyrics Born
76. Blondshell
    Blondshell
77. Velveteen
    PONY
78. Art Dealers
    Low Cut Connie
79. I Inside the Old Year Dying
    PJ Harvey
80. Take me home
    PinkPantheress
81. Surrender
    Maggie Rogers
82. going...going...GONE!
    Hemlocke Springs
83. Boys of Faith
    Zach Bryan
84. Music From This American Life
    Stephen Ulrich